Biography
Finn Wolfhard
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Who is Finn Wolfhard?
Finn Wolfhard is a famous Canadian actor and musician best known for his portrayal of Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’. He won one Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Finn has also appeared as Richie Tozier in Stephen King’s horror ‘It’ (2017) and its sequel ‘It: Chapter Two’ (2019) and Boris Pavlivosky in the 2019 drama movie ‘The Goldfinch’. He has also contributed his voice in the 2019 American computer-animated black comedy ‘The Addams Family’ as Pugsley Addams. He is yet to be seen in the 2021 supernatural movie ‘Ghostbuster: Afterlife’ as Trevor.
| Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Finn Wolfhard |
| Birth Date | December 23, 2002 |
| Father | Eric Wolfhard |
| Mother | Mary Jolivet |
| Brother | Nicholas Wolfhard |
| Age | 17 years old |
| Horoscope | Capricorn |
| Nationality | Catholic |
| Height | 5 feet and 10 inches (1.78m/178cm) |
| Weight | 53 kgs (116.8lbs) |
| Eyes | Black |
| Hair | Black |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Net Worth | $1.5 million |
Bio
Finn Wolfhard was born on December 23, 2002, to father Eric Wolfhard who is a researcher and a screenwriter and to mother Mary Jolivet who works for Dormouse Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He also has an elder brother Nicholas Wolfhard or Nick Wolfhard who is also in the entertainment industry voicing over Yugo Nansui- an anime character from ‘Beyblade’ and Danny in ‘Under Wraps’. Finn Wolfhard is currently 17 years old with the sun sign of Capricorn.
Nationality and Physical Stats
Finn Wolfhard is a Canadian actor and musician. He belongs to Ashkenazi Jewish, German, Scandinavian, Welsh and Irish ethnicity and follows Catholic as his religion. Furthermore, He stands 5 feet and 10 inches (1.78m/178cm) tall and weighs around 53 kgs (116.8lbs). He is well-known for his high cheekbones. He has black curly hair and a pair of black eyes.
Early Life/ Education
Finn Wolfhard attends a Catholic school in Vancouver and is still studying. Since he was born to a father who was a screenwriter, he was brought up and raised in an entertaining environment. He was interested in acting since a very young age and was also dedicated to the field. He was enrolled in an acting centre for several months with full support from his parents. Besides acting, he was also interested in music. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of a Vancouver based rock band ‘Calpurnia’.
Personal Life
Finn Wolfhard has not publicly dated anyone. On August 15, 2016, he tweeted he doesn’t have a girlfriend to his fans.
Social
Finn Wolfhard is very active on Instagram (@finnwolfhardofficial) with more than 19.2 million followers and on Twitter (@FinnSkata) with 2.3 million followers. His Facebook page (@FinnWolfhardOfficial) is yet to be verified but it does have 396 thousand likes and 442 thousand followers. His music band ‘Calpurnia’ has its own YouTube channel (Calpurnia) with more than 689 thousand subscribers.
Career
Acting
Finn Wolfhard received his first acting job from Craigslist. After that, he made his acting and television debut as Zoran in an American post-apocalyptic science-fiction drama series ‘The 100’ and later on appeared as Jordie Pinsky in an American dark fantasy TV series ‘Supernatural’. Finn’s career received a major breakthrough when he asked to audition for the role of Mike Wheeler in the Netflix series ‘Stranger Things’. He appears alongside Millie Bobbie Brown, Natalia Dyer, Dacre Montgomery, Maya Hawke, and others. It is said that he auditioned for the role when he was sick in bed through video after seeing an open casting call. Later, he appeared and competed in an episode of an American musical reality competition television series ‘Lip Sync Battle’.
He is playing in the 2019 Netflix animated series ‘Carmen Sandiego’ as Player. Finn Wolfhard has also appeared as Richie Tozier in the horror movie adaptation of Stephen King’s novel ‘It’ in 2017 and its sequel ‘It: Chapter Two’ in 2019. He also appeared as a thoughtful pizza boy Tyler in 2018 romantic comedy movie ‘Dog Days’. He appeared as Boris Pavlikovsky in 2019 American movie ‘The Goldfinch’. Furthermore, he voiced over Pugsley Addams in an animated remake of ‘The Addams Family’. In 2020, Finn portrayed the role of Miles Fairchild in the American horror ‘The Turning’.
Music
Finn Wolfhard is also interested in music. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist as well as the songwriter for his band ‘Calpurnia’. Unfortunately, the band disbanded in 2019 and Wolfband’s new band ‘The Aubreys’ is going to debut on the soundtrack of his horror movie ‘The Turning’. The Aubreys released their first single ‘Loved One’ in March 2020. He has also appeared in several music videos like Facts’ ‘Retro Oceans’, Hey Ocean’s ‘Change’, PUP’s ‘Guilt Trip’ and ‘Sleep in the Heat’, Spendtime Palace’s ‘Sonora’, Ninja Sex Party’s ‘Danny Don’t You Know?’ and Weezer’s ‘Take on Me’.
Achievements
In 2017, Finn Wolfhard won the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Award for his role in ‘Stranger Things’.
Net Worth
Finn Wolfhard is still young but has achieved huge success in the entertainment as well as the music industry. He earns mostly from his professional acting career and as of 2020, his net worth is approximately $1.5 million.
